F2F Class Notes 17th September (Peter)

Corrections

(Original – corrected)

Do you feel hurt* – do you feel pain

*Note: Asking someone “do you feel hurt” means “do you feel that someone hurt you” because the word hurt is a verb. For example, if your girlfriend broke up with you, I can ask you “do you feel hurt?”

My cousin come back (past) – my cousin came back

I helped him to move house – I helped him to move

He’s working while he’s working – he’s working while he’s studying

He scored high when he exam – he scored high on his exam

He didn’t passed – he didn’t pass

He was a little party (meaning “pity”) – he was a little sad

If you get more improved – if you improve enough

Vocabulary

Bruise – an area of skin left black and blue after an injury

Graduate student – someone pursuing a post-graduate degree, 研究生

Dorms – short form of the word “dormitories”

Undergraduate – adjective, still in college

Ex. A bachelor’s degree is an undergraduate degree.

Graduate or Post-graduate – adjective, higher than college

Ex.

Bachelor’s Degree – 学士

Master’s Degree – 硕士

Doctorate Degree – 博士

Expressions

The word move generally implies moving houses. So, saying “I moved last week” means “I moved [houses] last week.”

We refer to undergraduate studies as college and post-graduate studies as grad-school. So saying “I graduated from college” means “I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree”

Ex. We graduated from college together = we earned our undergraduate degrees together.

Pronunciation

Bruise (brooz)

Graduate (verb: GRA-joo-ate, adjective: GRA-joo-it)

Heard (hurd)